How To Install libhfstospell9 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell9 on Ubuntu 18.04. libhfstospell9 is HFST spell checker runtime libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell9 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libhfstospell9

libhfstospell9 is:

Minimal HFST optimized lookup format based spell checker library and a demonstrational implementation of command line based spell checker.

This package provides runtime libraries for hfst-ospell.

There are three methods to install libhfstospell9 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhfstospell9 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfstospell9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhfstospell9

Install libhfstospell9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfstospell9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhfstospell9

Install libhfstospell9 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfstospell9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhfstospell9

How To Uninstall libhfstospell9 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libhfstospell9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhfstospell9

Uninstall libhfstospell9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhfstospell9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhfstospell9

Remove libhfstospell9 Configurations and Data

To remove libhfstospell9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhfstospell9

Remove libhfstospell9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhfstospell9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhfstospell9

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfstospell9 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.